Imaginary animals or monsters that people around here tell tales about—especially to tease greenhorns: (What are they like? What do they do?)
| SNIPE HUNT | 36 |
| BOOGEYMAN | 32 |
| GHOSTS | 28 |
| SNIPE HUNTING | 27 |
| HOOP SNAKE | 22 |
| GOBLINS | 20 |
| NH | 20 |
| SNIPE | 19 |
| PANTHERS | 16 |
| SPOOKS | 16 |
| BEARS | 12 |
| HANTS | 12 |
| DRAGONS | 11 |
| JERSEY DEVIL | 10 |
| SNIPES | 10 |
| BIGFOOT | 9 |
| DINOSAURS | 9 |
| OGRES | 8 |
| SIDE-HILL GOUGER | 8 |
| WAMPUS CATS | 8 |
| WHOMPUS | 8 |
| WILDCATS | 8 |
| BOOGER | 7 |
| HOBGOBLINS | 7 |
| WHOMPUS CAT | 7 |
| BOOGERMAN | 6 |
| NR | 6 |
| WEREWOLF | 6 |
| WITCHES | 6 |
| BLACK PANTHER | 5 |
| CATAWAMPUS | 5 |
| MONSTERS | 5 |
| PAUL BUNYAN | 5 |
| GHOST STORIES | 4 |
| ABOMINABLE SNOWMEN | 3 |
| ALBIDRICHES | 3 |
| BANSHEE | 3 |
| BEAR TALES | 3 |
| BOBCATS | 3 |
| BOGEYMAN | 3 |
| BOOGER BEAR | 3 |
| CATAWAMPUS CAT | 3 |
| DEVIL | 3 |
| GREMLINS | 3 |
| HODAG | 3 |
| SEA MONSTERS | 3 |
| SIDE-WINDER | 3 |
| SNAKE | 3 |
| ALBATRICH | 2 |
| BIG BLACK BEAR | 2 |
| FLYING SAUCERS | 2 |
| GLASS SNAKE | 2 |
| GLAWAUCUS | 2 |
| HAUNTS | 2 |
| ICE WORMS | 2 |
| JACKALOPE | 2 |
| JOINT SNAKE | 2 |
| LITTLE MEN | 2 |
| MENEHUNE | 2 |
| MOODUS NOISES | 2 |
| MOUNTAIN LIONS | 2 |
| SEA SERPENTS | 2 |
| WEREWOLVES | 2 |
| A HOOP | 1 |
| ALBERTWICH | 1 |
| ALTERTRICH | 1 |
| AMERICAN EAGLES | 1 |
| APPLE-CRITTER | 1 |
| AUNT ELIZA | 1 |
| BABOON | 1 |
| BADGER FIGHT | 1 |
| BATS | 1 |
| BEAR THAT ALWAYS CHASES | 1 |
| BEARS AND FOXES | 1 |
| BEARS TO SCARE CHILDREN | 1 |
| BEAST | 1 |
| BELL WITCH | 1 |
| BIG BAD WOLF | 1 |
| BIG DOG | 1 |
| BIG GHOSTS | 1 |
| BIG LIZARDS | 1 |
| BIG SHEIK | 1 |
| BIG SNAKE | 1 |
| BIG WILD ANIMAL | 1 |
| BIRD | 1 |
| BLACK RACER | 1 |
| BLOODY BONES AND WALL EYES | 1 |
| BLUE RACER | 1 |
| BODIES IN THE BEAN FIELDS | 1 |
| BOGS | 1 |
| BOOGA-MAN | 1 |
| BOOGEY-WOOGEYS | 1 |
| BOOGIE | 1 |
| BUDDYDOON | 1 |
| BUGABOO | 1 |
| BUGGERS’LL GIT YOU | 1 |
| BULL | 1 |
| CAN OF STRIPED PAINT | 1 |
| CARDIFF GIANT | 1 |
| CATAMOUNTS | 1 |
| CHINAMAN COMING UP OFF BOTTOM OF ST. LAWRENCE RIVER | 1 |
| COUDGER | 1 |
| COUGARS | 1 |
| COYOTES | 1 |
| CRACKER JOE | 1 |
| CREATURE | 1 |
| CUSHTAKA | 1 |
| DANCHY | 1 |
| DANCING SPIRITS | 1 |
| DEVILS ON MT. DIABLO | 1 |
| DOMION | 1 |
| DRAGON IN THE WELL | 1 |
| DUMB BALLS | 1 |
| DUMB BULL | 1 |
| ELBEDRICHEL | 1 |
| ELDABRICHES | 1 |
| ELFADRICHES | 1 |
| FIDDLER’S GREEN | 1 |
| FILLILU BIRD | 1 |
| FIREFLIES | 1 |
| FISH FOR SNIPES | 1 |
| FLYING HORSES | 1 |
| FLYING SNAKES | 1 |
| FORE-RUNNER | 1 |
| FUR-BEARING TROUT | 1 |
| GET A LUMBER STRETCHER | 1 |
| GHOST HOLLOW | 1 |
| GHOST TALES | 1 |
| GHOSTIES | 1 |
| GHOUL | 1 |
| GIANT TURTLE | 1 |
| GIANTS | 1 |
| GIANTS IN HUMAN FORM | 1 |
| GIASTACUTUS | 1 |
| GIRASTICUTUS | 1 |
| GIRTY | 1 |
| GNOMES | 1 |
| GRAY MAN | 1 |
| GREEN DRAGON | 1 |
| GREEN HAND | 1 |
| GREEN-EYED MONSTER | 1 |
| GRIZZLY BEAR | 1 |
| HAIRY GIANTS | 1 |
| HEADLESS DOG | 1 |
| HEADLESS DOG OR NO-HEADED DOG | 1 |
| HEADLESS HORSE | 1 |
| HEADLESS HORSEMAN | 1 |
| HEADLESS KATE | 1 |
| HEADLESS MAN | 1 |
| HIGH-UPUM BOOFUM | 1 |
| HOLDING THE BAG | 1 |
| HORSEHAIR SNAKE | 1 |
| HUNCHBACK | 1 |
| JACK-O-LANTERN | 1 |
| JERSEY MONSTER | 1 |
| JIMPLECUTE | 1 |
| JOINER SNAKE | 1 |
| KAHUNA | 1 |
| KAMAPUA | 1 |
| KILLYLOO BIRD | 1 |
| KINKAJOU | 1 |
| LARGE SNAKES | 1 |
| LEE MASTER’S DOG | 1 |
| LEEDS DEVIL | 1 |
| LEPRECHAUNS | 1 |
| LIONS | 1 |
| LITTLE FOLKS | 1 |
| LITTLE GREEN MEN FROM OUTER SPACE | 1 |
| LITTLE PEOPLE | 1 |
| LOCAL GYPSIES | 1 |
| LOUPGAROU | 1 |
| LUMBER JACK | 1 |
| MAGIC LANCE | 1 |
| MAMMOTH JACKRABBITS | 1 |
| MAN FROM BUNNY BAY | 1 |
| MAN WITH A TAIL | 1 |
| MARSH MONSTERS | 1 |
| MERMAID | 1 |
| MEXICAN TWALA-TWALA | 1 |
| MISS JEWEL | 1 |
| MUGWUMP | 1 |
| MYSTERY CAT | 1 |
| NO-HEADED WOMAN | 1 |
| OHM BUGS | 1 |
| OKAPOGO | 1 |
| OL’ QUEENY | 1 |
| OLD BOY HIMSELF | 1 |
| OLD MAN OF THE WOODS | 1 |
| OLD THREE-TOED WOLF | 1 |
| OLD WIVES’ TALES | 1 |
| OLD WOMAN’S BRANCH | 1 |
| OLE BUCK | 1 |
| OLE SPIEGEL | 1 |
| OTTER MAN | 1 |
| PAUL BUNYAN’S BLUE OX | 1 |
| PENINSULA PYTHON | 1 |
| PHANTOM | 1 |
| PIXIE | 1 |
| POLTERGUZT | 1 |
| RED EYE | 1 |
| REPTILE | 1 |
| RINGTAIL DEVIL | 1 |
| RING-TAILED SNORTER | 1 |
| RIVER PIRATES | 1 |
| RODENT | 1 |
| ROMENY GRUEN | 1 |
| SERPENT | 1 |
| SET STILL’S NEST | 1 |
| SHARK GOD | 1 |
| SHLUHUZA BIRD | 1 |
| SHOOTING LIONS | 1 |
| SIBERIAN SPARROW HOUND | 1 |
| SIDE-HILL BADGER | 1 |
| SIDE-HILL CLINCHER | 1 |
| SIDE-HILL GOPHER | 1 |
| SPOOK BRIDGE | 1 |
| SPOOK STORIES | 1 |
| STAGE THAT NEVER COMES | 1 |
| STRANGE SHAPES | 1 |
| SUSKWAT | 1 |
| SWAMP ANGEL | 1 |
| SWAMP LIGHT | 1 |
| SWAMP-WAMPUS | 1 |
| SWIFT | 1 |
| SWIPE | 1 |
| TADY-WAMPUS | 1 |
| TAKE A BAG | 1 |
| TEN-TOES | 1 |
| THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD | 1 |
| TIE-SNAKES | 1 |
| TIGER | 1 |
| TOOMTA | 1 |
| TUSH WARBLER | 1 |
| TWO LEGGED TALL BIRD | 1 |
| TWO-LEGGED DOG | 1 |
| WEARY WOLF | 1 |
| WHIFFENPOOF | 1 |
| WHIP SNAKE | 1 |
| WHITE GHOST HORSE | 1 |
| WHITE HORSE GHOST | 1 |
| WHOOP SNAKE | 1 |
| WHOOPER SNIPE | 1 |
| WILD DOG WITH TWO HEADS | 1 |
| WILD FENCE-POST HOLES | 1 |
| WOLF | 1 |
| YODER HORSE | 1 |
| YOHOS | 1 |
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